Nicholas III, Duke of Opava

Nicholas III. of Opava (. czech Mikuláš III Opavský; * to 1339, † July 9, 1394 ) was 1367-1377 Duke of Opava and 1377-1394 Duke of Leobschutz.

Life

Nicholas II of Opava Opava came from a branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids. His parents were Nicholas II of Opava and his third wife Jutta ( † after 1378 ), daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Falkenberg.

After the death of his father in 1365 managed Nicholas III. and his three brothers inherited possessions first together. In the division in 1367 Nicholas received III. and his younger brothers and I. Wenzel Přemysl I. Shares of the Duchy of Opava. The eldest brother John I received the Duchy Ratibor as sole heir, which he was the progenitor of the line přemyslidischen Opava - Ratibor. Only in 1377 there was a division of the territories of the duchy, Opava, where for Nicholas III. and Wenceslas I. the duchy Leobschutz was spun and received the Duchy of Opava so reduced Přemysl I..

As Nicholas III. continually had faced financial difficulties, he pledged Leobschutz, Zuckmantel Hultschin and Kranstädt to his uncle Konrad II of oil.

Nicholas III. died unmarried and without issue 1394. heir was his youngest brother Přemysl I., who succeeded Leobschutz redeem again.